LONDON: British model and actress Elizabeth Hurley has already married her fiance, the Indian businessman Arun Nayar, and Saturday’s star-studded event will just be a blessing, the Daily Mirror said.

Hurley, 41, and Nayar, 42, wed in a civil service at Sudeley Castle, in Gloucestershire, western England, on Friday with two witnesses, the tabloid said, quoting an unnamed insider as saying: “They wanted their wedding alone.” Saturday’s event has attracted massive media interest, with the couple reportedly having sold the exclusive rights for the ceremony to Hello! magazine.

Singer Elton John, designer Donatella Versace, England footballer David Beckham and a host of celebrities are said to have been invited to the castle, which belongs to the family of her close friend, Henry Dent-Brocklehurst.

Dent-Brocklehurst is godfather to her four-year-old son, Damian.

But the Mirror, in a front-page and two-page inside story said guests would instead be attending a glitzy party.—AFP